Mon Feb 21, 2005 9:19 pm   Reply with quote      

A while back I mentioned exercise and blogging and promised that I would start a thread documenting how my exercise is going for a forthcoming run. I've been kind of busy the last few weeks so haven't done that much but I did find time for a run today, so here goes... I'll start now.

The goal... a 14 mile "race" in just under 3 weeks from now. I would like to try and do it in under 2 hours but that could be a tall order.

Aaron

Mon Feb 21, 2005 9:19 pm   Reply with quote      

21st Feb 2005

Ran 4 miles on a treadmill in 31m 45s.

Aaron

Mon Feb 21, 2005 9:23 pm   Reply with quote      

Slightly-off-topic:

Would you like me to make this a sticky?

Mon Feb 21, 2005 9:27 pm   Reply with quote      

I don't mind... I'll post to it regularly so it should always be close to the top. I'll leave it up to you.

Aaron

Mon Feb 21, 2005 10:08 pm   Reply with quote      

Done .

Mon Feb 21, 2005 10:11 pm   Reply with quote      

OK... thanks, that's great. I'll try to contribute to it on a daily basis.

Aaron

Tue Feb 22, 2005 4:18 pm   Reply with quote      

Taking a backward step today... one of my clients called in for a meeting, armed with some cream cakes. I've had one and passed the rest on to Trev.

Aaron

Wed Feb 23, 2005 11:06 am   Reply with quote      

You should get out into the snow Aaron. Make you work harder

Thu Feb 24, 2005 9:24 am   Reply with quote      

23rd Feb:

Ran to football (soccer) from work (1 mile, untimed)
Played football for 1 hour.
Ran home (2 to 2.5 miles, untimed)

Aaron

Wed Mar 02, 2005 12:22 am   Reply with quote      

26th Feb.
5.5 miles on treadmill in 45m 47s (692kCal)

Aaron

Wed Mar 02, 2005 12:22 am   Reply with quote      

28th Feb.
7.15 miles on treadmill in 60m 01s (900kCal)

Aaron

Wed Mar 02, 2005 9:52 pm   Reply with quote      

2nd March: ran 1 mile to football, played for an hour, and then ran one mile back. I'm feeling as though I have "an extra yard" in football nowadays...

Aaron

Wed Mar 02, 2005 10:42 pm   Reply with quote      

You are almost ready to team up with Wayne Rooney!

Thu Mar 03, 2005 11:42 am   Reply with quote      

Well, I have his build...

Seriously, I feel like I'm getting to a reasonable level of fitness quite quickly. 14 miles is going to be a struggle still, and I don't think I'm likely to complete it within 2 hours (2h 15m would be more realistic - if everything goes to plan), but we'll see. It's quite a hilly course.

Aaron

Fri Mar 04, 2005 12:51 am   Reply with quote      

3rd March

No exercise today (other than a bit of walking). My right Achilles is giving me a little bit of discomfort today. I hope this isn't going to be a problem.

Aaron